Weathering Techniques for Cosplay Costumes

[@h4724-q6j]

"A lot of people say 'Just drag it behind a car,' but that would never work, because then it looks like it's just been dragged behind a car."

[@burpitola]

This man is a legend

[@JurassicCollectables]

Love this guy - took it to brown town. He's like the Bob Ross of costume distressing

[@kristian1115]

Bob Ross is prolly why he said it the way he did. "It actually is Van Dyke Brown"

[@Formulka]

yeah he smiled a bit saying that, maybe expecting Norm to react

[@xPAKIII]

+kristian1115 For sure, he knew what he was doing.

[@Martinsolberg]

JurassicCollectables hjunmj.

[@Frogal31]

Does anyone know if he uses acrylic or oil painting? Maybe something else? Thanks a lot.

[@Blaze22F]

still can't get over Frank's grin everytime he gets to say "Frank from tested". Happy for ya m8

[@MonstersNotUnderTheBed]

Yeah, I can see an inner rage building below the surface like pressurized magma in a volcano.

[@gordonsgoldengoat]

Why does Norm feel he has to touch EVERYTHING!? He DEFINITELY wasnt supposed to touch those pauldrons at 1:18 XD, the guy almost lost it lol

[@GXedits0]

Okay now I'm replaying this moment over and over again

[@NickFerry]

I've done a fair bit of weathering for props and costumes and it's always cool to see someone else's methods - thanks!

[@EvilTedSmith]

Yeah Doug! Great work as always!

[@SurronDmv]

Hi ted can you make a free shoulder pattern

[@kins191]

Anybody else think of Bob Ross when he said Vandyke Brown?

[@ErendieI]

I sure did And I immediatly looked in the comments for comment like yours:D

[@StarCrusher.]

checked the comments just for this

[@ickysan]

So many questions: is he using acrylics to airbrush/age the fabric? Oils? Inks? What grit sanding blocks? This is information that would be helpful to the audience...

[@TroubledKarmaable]

I love this 😍 Weathering is my favorite part of making costumes and I never get bored of watching it done.

[@raindrop9377]

U wana do mine lol

[@Starfey]

Do u have some tips, how I can weather my Black gambeson?

[@declanseeleymusic]

God norm stop touching everything 😂😂😂

[@FLOPPYBRICKSTUDIOS]

I love this format really enjoy how its almost like a guest star who just knows his shit and lays it down.

[@oivinf]

Norm has unfortunately always been a bit cringeworthy, but look at 1:17 where he grabs that man's pauldron and he literally says "hold it," and gets ignored...........

[@aohige]

When he said Van Dyke Brown then started to mumble about little layers I thought the ghost of Bob Ross took over him.

[@peanutismint]

I love how much 'BTS' type stuff is being featured on Tested. I would love it if you guys started visiting more working prop/costume/model shops, places that are actively working on movies and TV shows. I realise their ability to show stuff they're working on might be constrained by studio embargoes etc, and they might not want to give away *all* their trade secrets, but I'd have thought that from Adam's background and contacts you guys would probably be able to get unprecedented access to quite a few places like that. There's probably a HUGE contingent of movie fans on KZbin clamouring for more behind-the-scenes info on their favourite movies etc, but I don't think there's anyone else on KZbin making that kind of content, so it'd be open season for a group like Tested.

[@jimbo_beans]

This guy could produce excellent hobo attire.

[@Beunibster]

Hobos and hobbits share the same wardrobe.

[@jimbo_beans]

Agreed!

[@videosunrelated1883]

Damn elves... always think their better then everyone.

[@Denois95]

So can hobos

[@loud479]

this is my dream job I live weathering its the best part of making anything

[@DKB-HI]

My gawd, I want to do this for a living!

[@dominikmusial3963]

this is nice since i am studying art and i plan to do something like this nice to learn some new techniques

[@MikeBoas]

Good reference for weathering some Halloween props.

[@raulclarosflores7670]

oh my gaaaash, so cool, and norm you are getting a lot better in every video

[@creativerootsstudio]

I am obsessed ...I love this channel BINGE WORTHY

[@MrDukeSilverr]

I love this series with the costumes, so much inspiration

[@MrQuarts]

Norm is the best interviewer...period!

[@redtheshed1454]

3:23 is that a gundam model i see in the background

[@tigerpunk1996]

Wood glue / mod podge also peals if you put it underneath acrylic

[@DTmaskkidd]

frank is freaking awesome. i would love to see more of his work

[@Hellsong89]

Okey that explains for the most parts the light color fabrics, but what to do with leather and black fabrics?

[@dalancer]

For HONOR!

[@asuryan66]

must be for that.. the Helm looks identical to the one sculpted for the Collector Edition

[@henryleung168]

@@asuryan66 0

[@EricVelez0609]

ok speaking from someone who takes a lot of uniforms through dirt. dirt does stick if you are rough enough with it. i have shirts pants and jackets that have been washed multiple times and still have a brown tinge to them. aside from that the man is amazing!

[@whatchef]

Great timing for this vid. Just working on project and weathering a helmet just as I saw this vid pop up

[@alsmith1025]

This was GREAT. awesome job Tested!

[@gtf187]

i find for tattering up clothes and making en frayed, using a drill bit used for cutting out large circles in wood, and raking it across the area i want looking ragged.

[@BM-yy8db]

Aha! Distressing fabric! Just what I needed for my current project!

[@kbrou74]

these are always fun

[@villian_von_badguy_ii145]

Could you just do a light tea soak to kind of brown up the white fabric ??

[@SenkaLunette]

That's what I was thinking.

[@gottimw]

he wants to control the process. Using tea would probably be more evasive. And if he had to do it multiple times, i bet it would take longer. Also he mentioned that he want to do the pweathering differently depending on colour and fabric. I think it all boils down to control and paints provide a lot of it.

[@villian_von_badguy_ii145]

+gottimw I could agree with that .. I was just wondering for an over all grimy effect

[@ghostfather1390]

it would take away all of the white, instead of leaving most of it with a more graded effect. a tea soak does work nicely for making modern paper seem like old parchment. shred and abrade the edges and make your own pirate maps and spell scrolls.

[@syeo501]

Amazing video! He also reminds me of Ben Kingsley

[@jordysturg84]

I'm not crafty at all, but man do I love these videos!

[@michelleross9782]

Amazing video & amazingly talented artist!

[@2nd3rd1st]

What I absolutely hate hate hate with ageing and weathering of armor is weathering just for the sake of it and where non is necessary or even possible. Everytime I see an Iron Man armor in the movies for instance there are areas of the individual pieces that would never see any impact but the costume designers still felt the need to bruise it and chip it just to make it look cool. (not to speak of that Tony Stark would probably invent indestructible spray paint) It takes me right out of the movie. Right out!

[@mthlay15]

+

[@ilittlemonster22]

+mthlay15 Reported

[@mthlay15]

what?

[@2nd3rd1st]

+meow meow is two words pls respect reported

[@2nd3rd1st]

+meow meow DEPORTED!

[@iriz4rry]

you gotta do some more videos with this guy.

[@jaxicab372]

"we took it to brown town"

[@peridusk6128]

"He's a white knight"

[@revpicky86]

I laughed so hard at that.

[@Indyreptiles]

I read this right as he said it.

[@WarGamerGirl]

This is great! It's such an important element to costuming =)

[@sergiodiventura1230]

That's a Nice Sinaju Stine Ver. KA in the background

[@Sir-IKON]

What kind of paint you airbrush with?

[@Rocker-tz2qk]

This is my 2nd dream job of all time.

[@mikes252]

gotta remember armor that's medieval was hand hammered, sharp crisp corners is fantasy and sci fi, most real armor looks rounded and uneven. only non combat ornamental royal armor was shiny and crisper for looks

[@burpitola]

This isn't supposed to be totally realistic, and as someone who loves arms and armor, i personally think it looks fairly believable

[@galgreenfield2630]

There is an option to buy the costume? I really want it !! Even if the price is not cheap costume.

[@koreratman329]

Norm: tactile sensation required, manipulatory appendages engaged

[@barebottombandit1621]

I spy a gundam model kit in the back...

[@jonspectre1103]

sinanju stein ver ka my dude

[@codyscott1705]

i dig the sinanju stein in the back ground.

[@K3v114]

Vandyke brown. Rocking the bob ross brown.

[@Bioshockaholic]

Super cool and inspiring!

[@cyberigs]

Great effects, film budgets are like 😯

[@Starfey]

I need help, how can I weather a BLACK gambeson?

[@olivianeugeboren602]

is that a white sazabi kit in the background? dope.

[@TheFabioEiji]

It's the Sinanju Stein, from Gundam Unicorn

[@BizmarktheGreat]

+Fabio Nagumo Fuck ya it is my dudes!

[@jonspectre1103]

ayy that's the sinanju stein ver ka. it's pretty cool stumbling upon other gundam/gunpla fans lol

[@jinwu9423]

Dat MG Sinanju Stein on the shelf!

[@JesterfaceBassplayer]

That's one good lookin' Speedmaster right there. The guy even knows his watches.

[@kaitripician7487]

I would love to go to some sort of class taught by Doug.....

[@rubbers3]

You can clearly see that this man know what he is doing, but has no "tv personality", he could teach you so much, yet here, Norm had to squeeze almost every sentence out of him. It's a bit sad, as weathering is one of the most important processes in costume making, that I think a lot of people do wrong - either to little, too much, or just plain wrong. And as a, let's call it, cosplayer and hobbyist costume maker (especially post apocalyptic themed), it hurts that so much potential was wasted. Well... I know most of the techniques he used here, and I could learn from that, by observing what he does, but that's because I know what he does. Here it's similar to watching already done costumes and reverse engineering them. And that's not an easy way of learning for most people. Btw. dragging a costume behind a car is a great way to distress tough materials, like leather, and even fabric, if you go for a very old/destroyed/worn out look. Also - real dirt does not stick to fabric well, but it does stick to paint, and paint sticks to clothes. Add the two together and you have a way of making your piece look like it's seen some serious shit. But again - only if you're going for that kind of look. What I like to do, when I'm making a piece, I imagine how and where it would be used. And then, looking at, preferably real life, examples of clothes that had similar past as what I'm going with, I imagine how to do that to it. Oftentimes it's just good to replicate the way it would get destroyed IRL. When I was making a helmet (not EVA foam, but from an old protective helmet and some steel sheets), I just hit it with a blunt-ish sword a couple of times, and shot it with blunt arrows from a weak bow. Then I spray-panted it, and when the paint was stil wet, I just tossed it in some dirt. When paint dried out more, i rubbed it with just my hand, so bigger dirt pieces fell off, then some sandpaper around the edges, where it would be most likely to get scratches from handling/transport/whatever, then a pocketknife to make some more, fine this time, marks, and a tiny bit of drybrushing the edges. Clothes? Edges with sandpaper, serrated knife or hole saw drill bits. Want a burned part? Just burn it!. You think of a sneaky character, that is going to crawl a lot? Wear your piece and crawl in it. Dirt that you'd get this way won't stay long, but it gives you an indication where to put more permanent one.

[@burpitola]

I personally think he's great, he has a bit of a Bob Ross quality, it's kind of relaxing to watch in my opinion

[@JvdBos]

I know what you mean. Teaching people anything is a skill all of it's own, really. And with all due respect to mr. Stewart here, I, too, feel he could've said more.

[@Harsh_Trip]

1:06 got some gunpla on the shelf there, hell yeah

[@THEShoky]

Sinaju Stein in the background! GUnpla for the win!

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

Me: Just run around in the woods and then roll down a red-clay hill.

[@dinkleburgerz]

Can I do costume design in college? Can you get a degree or career from this?! Man I would love to do this especially if it's a war movie like wwii

[@amazin9896]

Where did Frank get that shirt?!

[@aurelienmdcst3540]

what is the dark block that he used for ripped the cloth?

[@drewschneebeck1325]

where did the guy at the beginning of the vid get that brain/skull shirt? I need to know.

[@daylightliving8929]

super great work, even better than the real thing!

[@tjmov]

They should make a movie about Doug starring Kevin Spacey

[@kovarcoley3460]

Is cosplay copyright I want to make costumes and monetize my video is that illegal someone please answer?

[@WilliamJakespeareProps]

cool!

[@nvii3679]

I need those costume

[@notsuferatu]

when will we be able to see the patterns?

[@achuck4321]

Doug with a speedmaster? Must be a lucrative business!

[@nobodyinparticular5639]

What fabric is he using?

[@TheFabioEiji]

First thing that caught my eye was that Sinanju Stein ver.Ka

[@jonspectre1103]

ayy same

[@gurufoxx]

Yep, I totally spotted that - I want to see what Frank does with it ^_^

[@jonspectre1103]

Modelmaking Guru oh hey nice seeing you here

[@gurufoxx]

Thanks! Followed Tested for ever ^_^

[@AC-sf7rr]

Any idea what that blue fabric called? or where i can get it?

[@adamvykouk3469]

Anyone knows the watches he is wearing?

[@taipan185]

why no look at the complete costume on someone?

[@Ninjanamaka909]

When are we going to get those patterns

[@blank9286]

Is that a Sinanju Stein Ver. ka?

[@mikeswag5872]

Great warden costume

[@brappin_boden3924]

5:45 bob Ross would be proud

[@jonspectre1103]

MG sinanju stein ver ka behind him

[@destinygundum]

Eyyyy sinanju stein hanging in the background

[@jonspectre1103]

yeet

[@LeetJuice1337]

this guy can be the Bob Ross of weathering

[@ladycathy1486]

I would love to see someone make Havel the Rock from Dark Souls armor

[@omgoshlawlgtfo]

ooh i want to see his nu gundam

[@dtitimanu]

What do they mean by washing the helmet to help weather it?

[@calebclunie4001]

I think they said "gouache", not "wash". Though, that word is tricky, and not used much outside of the fine arts world.

[@danielutzon4870]

Delvina Okesene you are meant to make "paint washes" by watering out a dark colour of paint, "washing it" all over the helmet, so basicly just cover it with the thined out paint. Then you can remove it with a paper towel and the paint will only stay in creases and scratches, making them appear more three dimensional. They did not say gouarche, that's a whole different kind of paint that is not suitet for props. You should use acrylic paint for the majority, oil paint can be used for weathering and rub n buff is great for metalic shine. Hope that helped

[@desired397]

Looks amazing, I dont thing i would have the patience to do all this :O though i not the biggest fan of some of the pieces they've shown as their isnt really any crisp edges, everything looks like its made of clay/playdoh, doesn't hold up in the closeups.

[@wwaxwork]

Would battle worn & aged gear have a crisp edge though?

[@desired397]

+wwaxwork battle worn doesn't mean sanded to a round edge. I can beat a hammer against a piece of metal and give you a 100% guarantee there will at least be some sharp edges, ridges or lines. abuse doesn't magically mean there are no hard edges. I'm not trying to say it looks bad as it is, it's just that I would have liked some more definition just so it looks a bit less like something made of rubber/foam.

[@MrChief101]

The inside info-- not bad.

[@SirCharles.]

OOOOHHH I spy a Gundam in the background! Sinanju Stein. noice!

[@anonymous-mu6qq]

nesesito un tutorial de armadura de caballero de for honor en español o al menos subtitulado en español porfabor

[@dcrypter87]

Finnish Knight armor =D cool

[@leo772]

Holy crap! I thought this was Tommy Flanagan!!!!! when I heard the American accent my brain took a min to catch on. I was that sure.

[@jakemumbles715]

Thanks

[@atomstrom]

Are there just the few people because nobody is able to rub on the dirt like that or is it just badly paid? Cause I find a certain appeal in that job and I'm sure with my overall weathering experience I could get into that pretty easy.

[@trinityzaku]

I just kept looking at the Sinanju Stein thinking BUILD ME!

[@MikeS-um1nm]

Imagine doing this to your Sister's Wedding Dress, right before the Wedding, as a prank ??

[@joewouldknow]

I want to see this guy weather something science fictiony

[@jacobTV1]

That would be awesome, I love seeing futuristic things with dirty/worn and real looks to them it just looks too damn interesting.

[@owenbrasseaux3894]

I want to know what they had to do for mad max fury road

[@alexrouleau_]

Cool